Spiders? What spiders? I just see friendly, friendly vines you should tie yourself up in.
Aria
What is an invasive species but a friend you haven’t made yet
Allen Charest
Aria: It’s a problem if the spiders don’t show up.
Vines: we outnumber the spiders in view now.
Me: HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
sphinx
something’s up with that lamp. I’m sure it’s fine
Aria
isn’t it pretty :3
Blue Skies Above
“speaks in hands” oh shit gaster has broken out of undertale containment
Aria
y’all just WAIT for the toby fox collaboration his rendition of Phin’s Theme is INSANE
Aria
Any words are nice to hear! This one was a lot of extra work so it’s good to hear it struck some kind of nerve hehe
also relieved to hear somebody twigged the little aura she has going on over herself and the crew, it was MEANT to be subtle but i’ve been getting nervous nobody could tell lol
marithness
I could not tell, so am glad to have it pointed out! So that’s why the vine is disintegrating off Phin’s hand? I wonder if she’s doing it consciously herself, or if it’s her star, or if commanders just cast a protective aura over Their People or what.
Aria
For what it’s worth she does this pretty frequently, it just doesn’t usually have much bearing on reality as we’re seeing it so it’s not normally important to notice. One of the clearer instances was back here!
On these pages I tried to indicate it by lighting the crew differently from the rest of the church! Everybody else is in green with blue shadows, but ours are lit in yellow with brown shadows (and Phineas, a light source, isn’t casting shadows on the furniture(until she’s lit in green in panel 8)). I have a lot of reasons for doing this comic in color, I rely on it for storytelling a lot hee
marithness
*looks back through pages* Okay, I think I see it now, Phin is definitely subtly glowing, and she and those near her seem more warmly lit (seems like the lady who handed Ulrich the prayer book is at the edge of the aura?) Thank you for explaining! I’m not always the best at picking up visual cues and you are doing some complex nifty stuff here.
Aria
Thanks! It’s all good, my pages tend to be pretty dense in the first place so I never expect people to pick up on everything, I try not to hide anything actually important in there either so folks should still be able to get the plot without trying to decipher secret art codes lol
Departure_Dave
Pure and white in the blood? White blood cells?
Also, the way the choir is stuttering like a broken record is Bustin’ XD
Demon
LUCCCYYY YOU GOT SOME SPLAININ TO DO!!
Chromoid
Is… is he doing his “sign language” in her palm using god-magic?
I am genuinely concerned now. This is either a cry for help, or an unbidden attempt on Azusa’s part to influence Phin.
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JennTheFern
I am so glad you liked it! I love putting together crack theories like this. To be fair, there’s definitely evidence against it, like Ulrich’s silverspeak actually affecting a member of the congregation next to him, Phin saying the apparition of Stella was definitely real and not an illusion, and not even Brokenspectre realizing it’s all fake; if it’s an illusion, it’s highly sophisticated, realistic, and convincing. I still like the idea of it, though, and I’m certain there’s a grain of truth to it. At the very least, I’m confident that Toulouse is the source of the mass grief for one reason or another. I’m looking forward to how this actually turns out. 🙂
kaoinim
toulouse mentioning he’s expecting the world to end in a manner of days seems like an awful good reason to try and loop back
everentropy
Interesting that the word white is getting corrupted. Like those robes are already stained with blood and no longer pure